Encounter Jovis Pater
A solar system within a solar system? Seems like a riddle, but if one planet can hold 1,000 earths, is 318 times as massive and 1,400 times more …
Meet Perseverance, NASA's new Mars rover
‘Perseverance’ will land on Mars’ Jerezo crater a little after 3.40 pm EST on February 18, 2021
World eagerly awaits New Horizons’ flyby past Pluto
Scientists are eager to collect data on the dwarf planet’s chemical and atmospheric makeup using the Ralph spectrometer
Data on plant ‘sweat’ might help predict wildfire severity
NASA studies data from space station instrument; Water-stressed plants help identify areas with greater fire risk
Voyager 2 has lost track of Earth. Only one antenna in the world can help it ‘phone home’
NASA’s Canberra Deep Space Station 43 is the only antenna in the world that can communicate directly with both Voyagers
‘Potentially hazardous’ space rock to fly past Earth on June 24
Named 441987 (2010 NY65), the rock has a diameter of 130 to 300 metres and will pass the Earth at a speed of more than 45,000 kilometres per …
Big is out, small is in
A financially squeezed NASA has been forced to look for cheaper ways to explore the solar system
Fielding robots
As part of an effort to promote nasa 's technology, US researchers have developed two new automated agricultural machines
Comfort above the clouds
Three new inventions by nasa are sure to make life a little easier in space
Breaking ice
The discovery of water on the Moon means little unless it can be used. Scientists are using all their skills to figure out how
NASA calls for more astronauts for its Artemis programme
The Artemis programme is a stepping stone for NASA’s “next giant leap”: To send astronauts to Mars
Captain Cernan leaves planet forever, 44 years after his final walk on moon
Apollo astronaut Eugene Cernan was the commander of Apollo 17, the final manned lunar landing
Surprise! India and China are greening faster than rest of the world
China and India — the two economic powerhouses of Asia — are contributing significantly to the greening of the …
NASA’s TESS confirms 3 new exoplanets
The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), in its search for extra-terrestrial life, recently confirmed the their existence
How does India look from space at night? NASA has captured beautiful images
Satellite images of Earth at night have always triggered curiosity among people and they are an important tool for environmental research projects
Stars of wonder
Stargazers feast their ey'es on what could be the event of the century - star births - as the Hubble photographs the phenomenon
Rocked!
On July 4, 1997, planet Mars will see robots crawling about, seeking more evidence of life there, egged on by the extraordinary find of 'life' in …
Mission: Planet Earth
NASA scientists have developed a new space-based imager with very high resolution which will help foresters, farmers and geologists, and lay the …
Celestial guest
Hale-Bopp, the brightest comet of this century, promises to shed new light on the birth of the universe
How does Mars sound? First audio clip from the Red Planet gives an idea
Any note we hear on Earth would sound fainter and more sombre on Mars, observed the Perseverance rover
Life on Mars? NASA's Curiosity helps discover traces of ancient ocean
A recently released set of topography maps provides new evidence for an ancient northern ocean on Mars, signifying a higher potential for life on …
Bittersweet feeling as Cassini mission embarks on its ‘grand finale’ ahead of death plunge
One of the most successful space exploration missions of all time still has a lot left to uncover
Water, water, everywhere in our Solar system but what does that mean for life?
It should be no surprise that water played a key role in the formation and evolution of our planetary system
Battling blaze up there
Communication is vital to aerial fire-fighting. A project in the US aims at making it easier for pilots with the help of the advanced navigation …
Rocky rendezvous
The enigma behind the world. of asteroids could be unravelled once and for all with NASAs recent launch of a search probe